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More Americans died on Wednesday than died on 9/11. Comparable numbers died on December 1st, and 2nd, and 3rd and 4th and 5th. It has surpassed every other cause of death now - higher than heart disease or cancer.
Let that sink in.
Because we must not become desensitized to the unnecessary loss of human life. It didn’t have to be like this.
Please wear a mask. Stay home. Don’t go out to eat. Don’t gather for the holidays. It’s up to us to stop this thing.
Stay safe, y’all. And love hard.
Kerri (she/her)
While politicians argued about masks, super-spreader weddings made the news, a presidential election came and went, and at least 281,000 Americans died, nurses reported for work. What seven ICU nurses want you to know about the battle against covid-19. [[link removed]] [click to tweet] [[link removed]]
Written language is an imperfect method for the messy, complex business of communication, where facial expressions, gestures and vocal tones transmit oceans of meaning and subtext. Introducing tone indicators. [[link removed]] [click to tweet] [[link removed]]
It’s time the secretary of agriculture leverages the department’s impact for more than the benefit of BIG AG. Goodbye, U.S.D.A., Hello, Department of Food and Well-Being. [[link removed]] [click to tweet] [[link removed]]
Since the 1950s policing has presented itself as a “thin blue line” against disorder-a dog-whistle connecting the Civil Rights Movement to the mobility of Black people and white fears about the loss of a social hierarchy. How whiteness has shifted to blue. [[link removed]] [click to tweet] [[link removed]]
"You should take Trump's attempted coup very seriously, not only for what may happen but for what has already happened." This episode of Gaslit Nation is a must-listen. [[link removed]] [click to tweet] [[link removed]]
This weekend, we were devastated by the burning of Middle Collegiate Church. In addition to being my home church, it is has been a beacon of healing and justice for the movement. Led by Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Middle has been a refuge for people of many faiths, colors, genders, abilities and ideologies and a radical voice cutting through the culture of separation, supremacy and scarcity. Middle taught us to love period. And now Middle is asking us to dig deep and have faith. No fire can stop revolutionary love. Together, we will rise from the ashes. Please join us in helping our Middle Church family rebuild. [[link removed]]
Art by Dina Wakley
Tis the season for saying no. No to holiday gatherings outside your live-in bubble. No to unnecessary travel. No to hoarding. No to grind culture. No to conspiracy theories. And no to your friends and family who refuse to wear masks and respect protocol. This virus is not only exposing our interdependence, but it is exposing the essential need for boundaries. Prentis Hemphill reminds us that “boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously”. I cannot love you if I refuse to wear a mask and continue to go out in public. Love is doing whatever is necessary to reduce harm to others and slow the spread. This is the practice of boundaries in real time. And that practice may just save our lives.
Art by @FemaleCollective
Can our movements be the healing? That’s the conversation on the latest CTZN Podcast [[link removed]]. “How We Get Through” comes to us from our friends at Faith Matters Network [[link removed]]. And in this episode, Kazu Haga, Xan West, LFC8M and Carinne luck explore how to cultivate collective resilience in a world on fire. And it’s a must listen!
Art by @RyanLemere
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